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    The Vympel R-73 (NATO reporting name AA-11 Archer) is a short-range air-to-air missile developed by Vympel NPO that entered service in 1984. The R-73 was...
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    SAMAR employs Vympel R-73 and Vympel R-27 air-to-air missiles, which are of Russian origin. Using reconditioned infrared homing Vympel R-73E, semi-active...
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  • Examples include the US AIM-9 Sidewinder (AIM-9L and later), the Russian Vympel R-73 and the Israeli Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Python 5 air-air/ground-air...
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    formed and Vympel became a part of it, as the design and development facility. K-13/R-13 (AA-2 "Atoll") R-4 (AA-5 "Ash") R-23/R-24 (AA-7 "Apex") R-27 (AA-10...
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    Air Force  Indonesia Indonesian Air Force  Pakistan Pakistan Air Force Vympel R-73 – (Soviet Union) Python IV – (Israel) "Odebrecht Defesa e Tecnologia"...
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  • (Molniya R-60) AA-9 "Amos" (Vympel R-33) AA-10 "Alamo" (Vympel R-27) AA-11 "Archer" (Vympel R-73) AA-12 "Adder" (Vympel R-77) AA-X-13 "Axehead" (Vympel R-37)...
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    authentic and that the drone was shot down by a Russian MiG-29 using a Vympel R-73 heat seeking missile. The Taliban Air Force had managed to obtain around...
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    The Vympel NPO R-77 missile (NATO reporting name: AA-12 Adder) is a Russian active radar homing beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile. It is also known...
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    reunification in 1990, Germany found itself with large stockpiles of the Soviet Vympel R-73 missiles (NATO reporting name: AA-11 Archer) carried by the MiG-29 Fulcrum...
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    Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-14 Tomcat, and F/A-18 Hornet and its Vympel R-73 dogfight missile system was superior to the AIM-9 Sidewinder of the time...
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  • (Germany) Vympel K-13 (Russia) Vympel R-23 (Russia) Vympel R-27 (Russia) Vympel R-33 (Russia) Vympel R-37 (Russia) Vympel R-73 (Russia) Vympel R-77 (Russia)...
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    reporting name for the Vympel R-33) AA-10 Alamo (NATO reporting name for the Vympel R-27) AA-11 Archer (NATO reporting name for the Vympel R-73) AA-12 Adder (NATO...
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    The Vympel R-27 (NATO reporting name AA-10 Alamo) is a family of air-to-air missiles developed by the Soviet Union during the late Cold War-era. It remains...
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  • self'propelled anti-tank gun AA-11 Archer, NATO reporting name of the Vympel R-73 air-to-air missile Archer Artillery System, a partnership to develop...
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    Antitank Missile Type 01 LMAT TUBITAK-SAGE SOM (missile) (Turkey) Vympel R-27 Vympel R-73 Vympel R-77 FN-6 Kornet-EM 9M123 Khrizantema 9K333 Verba P-800 Oniks...
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    (660 lb). Su-25SM weapon suite has been expanded with the addition of the Vympel R-73 highly agile air-to-air missile (albeit without helmet mounted cueing...
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    The Molniya (now Vympel) R-60 (NATO reporting name: AA-8 "Aphid") is a short-range lightweight infrared homing air-to-air missile designed for use by...
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    J-11D only) PL-12 PL-10 (Later B and D models) PL-9 PL-8 Vympel R-77 Vympel R-27 Vympel R-73 Rockets: Unguided rocket launcher Bombs: Free-fall cluster...
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  • Kingdom) IRIS-T – (Germany, Italy, Sweden, Greece) Python 5 – (Israel) Vympel R-73 – (Soviet Union) AAM-5 (Japanese missile) – (Japan) "Denel launches A-Darter...
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    of millimeter-wave radar ACLOS missile guidance), LMUR, 8 Igla-V and Vympel R-73 air-to-air missiles, 2 KMGU-2 mine dispensers, and unknown variant of...
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    50 Kh-59ME TV-guided cruise missiles, 100 Vympel R-27 medium-range air-to-air missiles and 150 Vympel R-73 short-range air-to-air missiles. In 2007, the...
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    Vympel R-73 (NATO reporting name AA-11 'Archer') – short-range IR Vympel R-77 (NATO reporting name AA-12 'Adder') – medium-range active radar Vympel R-37...
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    February 2021, the Indian Air Force ordered 83 Tejas, including 40 Mark 1, 73 single-seat Mark 1As and 10 two-seat Mark 1 trainers. Total 123 ordered. SEPECAT...
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    Komet, Vympel K-13, AIM-9 Sidewinder and AGM-65 Maverick. Starting from 2008, it started receiving more advanced Russian made Vympel R-73 and R-77 air-to-air...
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    flight with two 800-litre drop tanks. 25 October – Tejas PV-1 fired a Vympel R-73 missile for first time. The trials were conducted off the Goa coast at...
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  • Molniya, an experimental design bureau responsible for the Molniya R-60 and Vympel R-73 air-to-air missiles NPO Molniya, a Soviet design bureau responsible...
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  • However, the Soviet Union did develop such a missile and fielded the Vympel R-73 by 1985, taking the lead in short-range missile technology and performance...
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    Tbilisi's claim of a Russian plane having shot down its drone using a Vympel R-73 missile from a distance of 44.26 km, although it could not confirm if...
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    planes of this type to this day. In 1984, the factory started producing R-73 "Vympel" air-to-air missiles alongside the Su-25 planes. TAM Management meets...
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    most demanded high-precision weapons by 5 times. Structure of the holding: Vympel NPO MKB Raduga Region SSPE NPO Mashinostroyeniya PO Strela PZ Mashinostroitel...
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